Genshin Impact: I am the Great General of Liyue

"What?! She's in your hands—?!"

After Huiyuan said that Alina was in his hands, the Fools jumped up in fright.

Xingqiu, Paimeng, and Yingmei also widened their eyes and uttered a single word in unison.

"ah?!!"

Huiyuan then realized that there was something wrong with what she had just said.

(Oops... I misspoke. What I meant was that Alina is in my Dust Song Pot, not that I kidnapped her!)

After coughing three times, Huiyuan began to explain in a panic.

"No, no, let me explain!!!"

Alina had once told Hunyuan that her lover was also a member of the Fatui, a musketeer guerrilla. That's why Hunyuan became suspicious of his identity after he ate the Mondstadt grilled fish.

What a coincidence! I ran into Lina's biological father in the wild.

Although the process of getting to know each other was somewhat tortuous, this member of the Fools still believed in Huiyuan.

Where is Alina now? Is she doing well?

"She's doing very well in my Dust Song Pot. Would you like to see her?"

The fool's expression clearly worsened. He took off his mask and looked at Huiyuan.

After the mask was removed, a brown-haired, cat-eared beastman appeared, but without a tail. He was clearly a Mondstadt native and undoubtedly Lina's father.

"I want to...of course I want to. But what good would it do to see you? We're destined not to be together...seeing you would only add to our sorrow..."

Huiyuan guessed his thoughts and said, "You care about your identity as a member of the Fools, right? I know an executive officer named Young Master. I can have him help you retire early and get rid of your military status."

"Really...really?"

Lina's father was not a Winterborn, nor did he believe in the god of ice; he was just a Mondstadt child who had been kidnapped and forced to join the army.

If you ask why they didn't choose to run away, there are many reasons. Aside from the punishment for desertion, it could also implicate their friends.

"Really. I've known him for a long time. He's not a bad person. He doesn't have any other hobbies besides liking to fight."

Xingqiu was startled when Lingling told him she knew the executive officer. But he breathed a sigh of relief after Huiyuan explained what kind of person the young master was.

(I thought Miss Lingling was actually a bad person. But thinking about it, there are good people among the Fools, and the Enforcers aren't all bad either.)

Lina's father is clearly a warm and cheerful person; it's just that he overuses his Evil Eye, which makes his appearance somewhat frightening.

"Thank you so much... so very much!!! By the way, my name is Adrian. Um, what is the Dust Song Pot? Miss Lingling, could you please take me to see Alina?"

Huiyuan took out the Dust Song Pot and sucked him in without saying a word.

"I won't watch the reunion scenes. You take good care of yourself in there, and teach the children when you have time."

After speaking to the Dust Song Pot, Adrian also heard what Huiyuan said and silently expressed his gratitude in his heart.

(Sister Tongzi, treat the aftereffects of the evil eye using the best method.)

Huiyuan had a mental conversation with the system.

"Host, due to overuse of the Evil Eye, the Negative Status Purifier can no longer cure him, but I can provide high-tech drugs to extend his lifespan. These drugs are inexpensive and effective on any carbon-based life form; they only cost 10,000 Mora to extend his lifespan by one year."

(Extended by 100 years.)

"Received, in progress."

After closing the system panel, when I looked at Xingqiu, I could clearly feel that he regarded me with a higher regard.

By the way, regarding Adrian's foolish teammates who accidentally wandered into Wuwang Slope, Huiyuan doesn't plan to get involved. It's not that she doesn't want to save them, it's just that going there would be pointless.

Even Hu Tao wouldn't be able to stay in such a place for long. Let alone an ordinary person without the necessary constitution. Remember when Hu Tao was little, she went to Wuwang Slope to find her deceased grandfather's spirit, and stayed for several days, almost unable to get out. She only survived because all the ghosts protected her and with the help of a mysterious old woman. If it were an ordinary person, especially one whom the deceased buried there didn't recognize, they would probably be scared to death in less than a day, or die from exhaustion of their vital energy.

......

The next day, the group arrived at Qingcezhuang and Chang Jiuye's residence.

Even from a distance, you could see that Master Chang was frowning and muttering something.

"Alas, Heaven is against me... Heaven is... against me..."

"Excuse me, are you Master Chang Jiu?"

As soon as Ying finished asking the question, Master Chang's expression suddenly turned fierce.

"Um, is there something you need? If so, please tell me quickly."

Paimon wasn't intimidated by the tone and expression; after all, he'd met several people with sharp tongues but kind hearts. Besides, Ji Fang had said that he had a bad temper, but he became a different person when the topic turned to books.

"We heard that you have many rare and out-of-print books here. We would like to borrow the Liyue edition of the Teyvat Travel Guide to take a look."

After Paimon finished speaking, the expected good attitude did not appear; instead, Master Chang sighed.

"Ugh, don't mention books to me anymore, I'm so annoyed."

Then they started complaining.

"Since the Abyss of Laminaria was sealed off, my family's mining business has been very difficult, and the Fools are still sabotaging us. To raise funds, I had to pawn all my beloved books...! Do you know what this means?!"

Ying tilted her head and said, "...Is it sad that there are no books to read?"

Master Chang's voice grew several decibels louder, sometimes angry, sometimes frowning, and sometimes both angry and frowning.

"No! It's my life! My entire collection of books, everything I've collected and protected, is gone!!!"

With a sigh, Master Chang knew that getting angry wouldn't solve anything, so he calmed down.

"Sigh... Forget it, there's no point in yelling at you. The important thing is to raise the money and redeem the books as soon as possible."

Then he turned around, intending to go inside and refuse the guest.

"If there's nothing else, I'm not in the mood for chatting. Let's go."

Xingqiu had no intention of giving up, so he continued to ask, "Could it be that even the sixth volume of 'The Record of the Broken Halberd of Shenxiao' has been pawned?"

"Oh? I didn't expect to hear that name... You have quite the taste."

Master Chang suddenly turned around and became interested in Xingqiu.

Sure enough, like-minded people always find common ground.

Upon hearing this, Paimon stomped his feet angrily, put his hands on his hips, and questioned him.

Does that mean we have no taste?!

"This is a truly remarkable book of its time. When it was first released, no one expected much from it... but it changed many people's impression of martial arts novels, and subsequently, a large number of imitators emerged. The initial edition was extremely limited, and it almost immediately went out of print..."